On 5 July 2010 12:21, Alan Mintz <[email protected]> wrote: > I see the lanes tag > being useful primarily in determining likely speed possible in making > routing decisions, other factors being equal. It could also be useful in > rendering. Neither would seem to sway me to add the extra lane for such a > short distance.
One other possible use of lane tags is in routing. If, at an off-ramp, the number of lanes changes from 3 to 2, you could assume the outside lane was forced down the offramp. Some routing software warns of such exits (as opposed to those where you must turn off to leave the main road). Stephen _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
